well , what can i say ? i didn't have the luxury of a quality teacher . yes i should have had the good sense to know better . i didn't start turkey hunting with any measure of SERIOUSNESS until i was 40 yrs old. but i'm making progress,,,i think.

Went out scouting birds on private hunt club land with a feller last March. We drove to about a dozen different spots and at each one he was lighting the place up with his box call. Never got a response all morning and I never said anything to him about his calling. I figured it was his money for club dues and who was I to tell him what not to do ?

At one point we entered a large field and noticed massive turkey sign. I pointed out which was the gobbler droppings and he didn't seem to believe one could really differentiate between hen crap and tom crap. I wished I'd of had some Milk Duds in my pocket, I'd of used a bit of slight of hand and popped one in my mouth..."Yes sir, that's a gobbler alright ! His hormones are really rockin' too! ....And I'd say he's been through here this morning."

Anyhoo, I followed the trail of sign to the field edge and beyond, down a ridge. The scratchings and droppings and where they led were more important to me than any turkey's we hadn't seen, but the center of the field was all that interested him....and we headed off to another spot to call. [&o]

I don't ever do it at a place that I can hunt. That does educate the turks, and they are hard enough to kill already any way. [;)]
However, if I see turks at places I can't hunt, I let 'em have it with the calls. I love to watch them gobble and take pics if I can.

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